An exhibition, an album, a novel – everything that the editorial staff recommends to see and read this week.
The Soul Flame of Jungle
The action takes place in the 1970s. A group of London musicians take the public to dance to the furious rhythms of soul funk. The energy is carried by choruses of falsetto voices à la Curtis Mayfield that waltz in counterpoint to each chorus. The founders of the variable jungle formation and inseparable friends of the school desks, the British Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland, are the pioneers of the revival that inspires the current English scene. Titled Volcano, their new album, the duo celebrates the pivotal years of African-American music, as well as the talents of Bill Withers and Marvin Gaye, among others. J&T, as these two South West London musicians are nicknamed, started anonymously like Daft Punk. Passionate about visual arts, they feature a universe of stunning visual impact. Like the video Candle flameThe images conveyed by the jungle, immersed in lavender blue colors, evoke the stylistic obsession of Wes Anderson. This cinematic charm continues in the album’s sound, with Autotune effects on vocals. Used as a tool, this software, diverted from its original function of correcting wrong notes, becomes a formidable creative tool in the hands of this duo. PG:
“volcanoXL Recordings. Concert on October 24 and 25 at Centquatre-Paris.
The Invisibles by Diane Arbus
In a young house with curls, West 20th Street, NYC, 1966. Estate of Diane Arbus, Collection of Maya Hoffman/Luma Foundation.
Since Diane Arbus’ death in 1971, it has been her former assistant Neil Selkirk who has attempted to bring these pioneering works of photography to life, producing images that are in every way identical to the artist’s prints (same darkroom, same technique. ). He is the only one who is authorized to continue his work. With the “Constellation” exhibition, in the photographs of Diane Arbus, some of which are unpublished, we discover the artist’s interest in the “invisible”. So it exposes the bodies of viewers or celebrities. We meet Jane Mansfield or James Brown, the two little twins who made him famous, as well as a New York transvestite or a Puerto Rican housewife. Bodies are naked, disabled, aged, black, fat, sculpted, invented, transformed to finally reveal their universality. In this exhibition, all the paintings are scattered without a clear order and without reading the instructions of the large metal installations. The picture rails are gone and replaced with a black metal frame that recreates an urban atmosphere. A web-like common thread weaves through all of the New York artist’s work, inviting you to stroll between the hollowed-out steel towers. The whole is surrounded by a wall of mirrors, thus offering vanishing points and openings. And sometimes even, the chance to see your own reflection in the middle of hundreds of Diane Arbus portraits. A.M
“Diana Arbus. constellation’, until April 30, at Lumma, Arles.
Ideal conditions By Mokhtar Amoudi
Ideal conditions by Mokhtar Amoudi Press
The first sentence. “I didn’t ask for anything.” After this summer’s riots, this student novel resonates with poignancy. Placed in an institution from the youth (due to his independent mother), Skander is a boy who loves to read and achieves good results in school. But he ends up at Madame Khadija’s in Kursein, where the youth of the district capture him and teach him to the streets, a merciless school. No misery here. often raw, always full of charm and humor, the writing is anchored in the childhood of a child trying to survive and build himself in a world of failed adults. We sometimes wonder Life ahead Gary/Ajari with the same hope that everything is still possible.IPs
Ideal conditions, by Mokhtar Amoudi. Editions Gallimard, 245 pages, €21.
Source: Le Figaro
